Month: February 2026

A professor of weed science at the University of Illinois says the U.S. EPA’s decision to issue new labels for three over-the-top dicamba products in soybeans and cotton means farmers and applicators will need to [Read More…]

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. Soybeans are watching rain chances for Argentina and monitoring crop quality concerns in parts of Brazil. The USDA did raise its production estimate for Brazil this [Read More…]

At the, Chicago Mercantile Exchange ,live and feeder cattle futures closed sharply higher, feeling optimistic about this week’s direct cash cattle business. April live was up $3.55 at $240.97 and June was $2.77 higher at [Read More…]

Mar. corn $4.27 and 1/2, down 1 and 1/4 centsMar. soybeans $11.24, up 1 and 1/2 centsMar. soybean meal $303.00, up $2.20Mar. soybean oil 57.05, down 22 pointsMar. Chicago wheat $5.37 and 1/4, up 9 [Read More…]

A National Corn Growers Association board member says ethanol supporters can’t ease up on the push for permanent, year-round E15 sales. “I’ve been working on it close to 14 years,” Kelly Nieuwenhuis said. “We are [Read More…]

The director of retail credit underwriting at Farm Credit Mid-America says producers have an opportunity to strengthen their financial position in 2026. Gary Book says regularly reviewing balance sheets can help farmers identify problems before they [Read More…]

An agricultural engineering professor at Ohio State University says a new research program is showing the critical role farmers play in reducing nutrient runoff into Lake Erie. Jay Martin says producers are adopting new conservation [Read More…]

An organic grain farmer says the sector is also being strained by the challenging ag economy.  Fourth-generation farmer Mark Vollmar tells Brownfield he was one of the first growers to transition to organic in his [Read More…]

U.S. ethanol production shot higher last week as winter weather eased, allowing full schedules to resume. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.11 million barrels per day, up 154,000 on the week and [Read More…]